A narrow translation on the topic of the environment covering basic things you do to save the planet (I save energy, I recycle etc) and answer sheet Plus a battleships grid using modal verbs to say what we have to do in order to help the planet

Saying what there is in your school (toilets, lockers, classrooms etc) Students have the sheet and complete activities while you read the teacher sheet to provide the listening

Student use the writing frame to write a letter to their favourite teacher. We have completed the topic of school subjects, saying why you like them etc. This is an end of topic activity. Students write a letter in their book to their favourite teacher (they cannot pick me!). I check it. Then they write it SUPER neatly onto writing paper - I buy some cute paper and envelopes for this but you could just use coloured paper, ask them to illustrate it or whatever. The point is it is hand written and neat and nicely presented. My favourite part: I put the completed letter into the pigeon hole of the teacher. I don’t explain what it is. So the teachers get a French reading activity to do as well!

Guided translation to support translation talking about a past holiday. Translate from French into English. Gapfill: put the words into very similar sentences and translate into English Translate from English into French

A worksheet designed to build vocabulary on the topic of poverty. Can be set for homework or cover. Fill in the English, then fill in the French (recycling the words). Put vocab into categories.

KS3 Spanish opinions on school subjects Battleships grid to encourage speaking / reading out loud on basic opinions and subjects Sentence builder on giving opinions on school subjects

Analysez les raisons pour lesquelles l’amitié se développe entre No et Lou. This was one of the questions on the 2024 AQA paper. I set it for my students this week in class and while they were writing I wrote this model one to share with them as an example of the sort of thing I am looking for. When I return their marked essays I attach a copy of my own essay in the hope that they can upscale their work.

Two worksheets aimed at beginner year 7 French on the topic of family and introducing the vocab for family members. The grammar focus is on mon/ma and j’ai to form sentences. There are optional challenge questions but the idea would be that students could complete this work independently and without too much support. It would be good for homeowrk, to send home to complete or for when you need a quiet 20 minutes in class for whatever reason! I have aimed this a middle ability set. The first sheet is to build up from single items of vocab (family members) to sentences then on to a short paragraph. The idea is they will make fewer mistakes with writing as it is very scaffolded. The second sheet is reading comprehension with the aim of them being able to use the reading to help them write their own piece using ideas taken from the examples they read.

A series of activities designed to get students to be able to answer a question on the tricky topic of environment. Starts with single words into and from French and builds up to sentences. Work follows on an example answer for a 90 word question and then students write their own after picking out chunks and phrases from the example. A 150 word writing is the final task. On 4 sides so can be printed easily two pages to a side and on reverse to save paper!

Describing a seaside town, saying what you can do there, why you like it EPI work and activities based on a sentence builder Our local seaside town in Skegness but obviously please change it to yours

Worksheet going from vocabulary to sentences to writing a 90 or 150 word piece about social problems for GCSE French. Starts with focussing on the topic vocab (French to English, the English to French). Then moves to translating sentences into English and similar sentences into French. A sentence builder to make sentences that will be useful in the writing. There is an example 90 word answer with gapped translation and word find activity. Finally students write their own 90 word piece using what they have learnt and can move on to 150 words.

Resources to support students on the topic of my diet. A sentence builder sheet talking about healthy or unhealthy diets A sheet with several paragraphs about diet and exercise. Highlight the differences. A paragraph to complete with your own words. students then encouraged to write their own. A battleships grid. I love these - you can hear reluctant speakers repeating sentences over and over.

Spanish revision booklet covering basics like dates, numbers, basic greetings, basic questions, stationery, colours Students should be able to work through independently with the idea being that this is revision. Could be homework or cover work. Could be emailed home for absent students. Includes a short guided writing with support supplied.

No et Moi model essay It’s question 10.1 from November 2021 paper I wrote the essay myself to share with my students / follow up some recent mock exams we have done. I’ll use some textivate exercises to play with it and do some translation on it too. I have taken photos of the essay plans I wrote, I’ll look at that with my students first so they can see how I got to the essay.

A scaffolded worksheet with the aim of getting students to write about their Christmas in French. Starts off with vocab into English then French. Sentence builder to get students to translate sentences into French using modals. Followed by three model paragraphs - all very similar with details changed. I was going to use the opportunity to revise telling the time and daily routine. Students are asked to complete three gapfilled translations into English then translate one back into French. Finally they should be able to write about their own Christmas. If they have worked very nicely there is a battleships game to play too

A vocab and sentence building sheet for students to write about Christmas, plus a battleships game to play afterwards. Students fill in vocab Spanish to English and vice versa. Then they use the sentence builder (modals) to write about Christmas. The battleships game they see as a reward but in fact they have to read sentences many many times to win.

Two worksheets (4 sides of A4 in total) /independent activities on post 16 plans designed to be independent activities over 2 lessons. Sheet 1: basic vocab, translation into English then translation of VERY similar sentences into French followed by a bsic sentence builder. Sheet 2 : more detailled sentence builder to write sentences about plans post 16 includes easy comprehension reading activity with a lot of repeated vocabulary. Students write their own sentences using the builder then read 4 short paragraphs about future plans and pick out the main information. The idea is that they use the paragraphs as a model for their own piece of writing.

Resources to build vocab, encourage comprehension and support writing on the topic of using the internet - technology. eg I share photos, I go online, I play games, I contact my family Includes adverbs of frequency and opinion phrases. One sheet I made for a homework task so very independent There are 3 sheets and a differentiated version of one of them for Higher students

Exercises and ideas to reinforce the French GCSE topic of environment A battleships game to play in pairs, a teacher reads out sentences listening as modelling activity and a writing sentences about recycling and frequency. Put together would make a nice lesson.

Sentence builder showing the full verb vouloir plus negatives (je ne veux pas, je ne veux jamais) and activities. Students use the sentence builder to write sentences and make suggestions about going out. First ex is completely sourced from the sentence builder, the next ex is similar but has some easy additions from pre-learnt material (days of the week, family members). On the second page there are 5 model conversations suggesting activities and accepting / declining. Students pick out what is suggested, when etc. Finally they are invited to write their own similar to the examples.